Cutting Sugar Causes Drop in Heart Disease Risk Among Obese Children

Knowridge2/2/17

Reducing sugar consumption in obese children, rather than cutting calories or starch,
or losing weight, leads to a sharp decline in triglycerides and a key protein called
ApoC-III – two features that are associated with heart disease in adulthood.

In a study published in the journal Atherosclerosis, researchers from Touro University California and UC San Francisco reported that
triglycerides dropped 33 percent and ApoC-III fell by 49 percent in just 10 days of
sugar restriction.